Blue Police

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Blue Police was the colloquial name for the auxiliary police force composed largely of ethnic Poles that operated under German control in the General Government of occupied Poland during World War II.

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Blue Police canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary police force ⓘ
collaborationist police ⓘ
activeDuringConflict World War II ⓘ
activeDuringPeriod German occupation of Poland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Granatowa Policja ⓘ
linked to: Policja Granatowa

Polish Police of the General Government ⓘ
controlledBy German authorities ⓘ
country General Government ⓘ
disbandedInYear 1944 ⓘ
dissolvedAsResultOf retreat of German forces from Poland ⓘ
establishedBy German General Government administration ⓘ
estimatedStrength tens of thousands of officers ⓘ
ethnicComposition largely ethnic Poles ⓘ
formedInYear 1940 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kraków ⓘ
involvedIn anti-partisan operations ⓘ
combating smuggling ⓘ
guarding ghettos ⓘ
persecution of Jews ⓘ
roundups of Jews ⓘ
jurisdiction territory of the General Government ⓘ
legalStatus auxiliary formation of German police ⓘ
mainRole assisting German authorities in policing ⓘ
enforcing German regulations in the General Government ⓘ
maintaining public order under German occupation ⓘ
nativeLabel Policja Granatowa ⓘ
notableFor ambivalent role including both collaboration and some covert aid to resistance ⓘ
collaboration with German occupation authorities ⓘ
operatedIn General Government of occupied Poland ⓘ
operatedUnderOccupationBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
operationalScope rural areas of the General Government ⓘ
urban areas of the General Government ⓘ
opposedBy Polish resistance movement ⓘ
partOf occupation security apparatus in Poland ⓘ
primaryLanguage Polish ⓘ
recruitedFrom ethnic Polish population of the General Government ⓘ
prewar Polish State Police officers ⓘ
region occupied central and southern Poland ⓘ
someMembersAssociatedWith Home Army ⓘ
Polish underground resistance ⓘ
subjectOf historical debates about collaboration and resistance ⓘ
subordinateTo German Ordnungspolizei ⓘ
supervisedBy German criminal police (Kripo) ⓘ
linked to: Kripo

German security police (Sipo) ⓘ
linked to: Sicherheitspolizei
symbolizes complexity of Polish collaboration under Nazi occupation ⓘ
uniformColor blue ⓘ

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